Bottle-stopper.



C. ARNONE.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1915.

LQUAMR Patented De@.12,1916.

ivi strane partir mm CYRUS ARNONE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Application filed September 23,1915.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, CYRUs ARNONE, a citi Zen of the United States, residing` in the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an improvement in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a bottle stopper, and more particularly to that class of such devices as are adapted to be attached. to the end of the neck of a bottle to make it substantially impossible to refill the bottle after its contents have been discharged, and to make it quite possible to detect any attempts to refill the bottle or other tampering with the same.

1n carrying out my present invention, the stopper made in accordance therewith preferably comprises a body member having a tubular stem extending in opposite directions therefrom, one portion of the stem eX- tending outwardly from the neck of the bottle and provided with a series of ports, and the other portion extending inwardly and caused to lie within the mouth of the bottle or the outer portion of its neck.

Within the stem there is a valve adapted to bear on a valve seat, and fitted over the outer end of the stem I employ a sleeve which is suitably connected thereto and so spaced from the stem as to provide an annular discharge chamber between these parts, the outer end or head of the sleeve being provided with ports through which the contents of the bottle are finally discharged. l may also employ a suitable cap or cover fitting over the outer portion of the stopper when the same is not in use, as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

ln the drawing, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a bottle stopper made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2, 2, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3, 3, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that in carrying out my invention, I employ a bottle stopper preferably comprising a body member 10, suitably fitted with a flange 11, or other similar device by which it may be permanently connected to the mouth of the bottle or the outer end of the neck of the same, the neck of the bottle being indicated at 12. Suitably connected to the body member 10 is a tubular stem. As shown in the drawing, this stem is made in two parts, one part 13 thereof extending outwardly Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. ie, ieie.

Serial No. 52,138.

from the body member, and the other portion let thereof extending inwardly therefrom, and adapted when the stopper is in place to lie within the neck of the bottle. rThe outer end of the stem portion 13 is closed and eXterio-rly is of reduced diameter, as indicated at 16, this stem portion 13 being provided with a series of suitable discharge ports indicated at 17. 1 also employ a valve member 18, preferably a ball valve, and made of any suitable material. rlhis valve is adapted to bear against a seat 19 provided therefor adjacent the inner end of the stem portion 1li, and, as will be apparent, depending upon the position of the stopper, the valve 18 may move from one end to the other of the stem. l also employ a sleeve 20. This is provided with a head 21 at one end, which is apertured to receive the reducedrend 16 of the stem portion 13 and to which it is suitably and permanently connected, and in this end of the sleeve 2() there are discharge ports 22. The diameter of the sleeve 20 is such as to provide an appreciable annular space or chamber between the inner surface of the sleeve and the adjacent outer surface of the stem portion 13, which comprises a discharge chamber for the contents of the bottle in leaving the same through the stopper.

The inner end of the sleeve 20 preferably bears against a washer or gasket 23 surrounding the stem portion 13, and is seated upon the outer face of the body member 10, in order to make a tight joint between these parts at this place. For some purposes,I also lind it necessary to employ a cap 24, adapted to iit over the portions of the stopper eX- tending outwardly from the body member, and which is preferably connected to the body member by being turned down on the screw threaded exterior portion thereof, as indicated at 26.

`Within the cap 24, the same may be provided with a washer 25, adapted to bear against the outer end of the sleeve 20 and the adjacent head of the stem portion 13, covering the ports 22 when the stopper is not in use. Also, as indicated in the drawing, the inner stem portion 14C may be fitted with a cork or other similar stopperadapted to fill the outer end or mouth of the neck of a bottle to which the stopper is applied.

lnthe use of the hereinbefore described stopper, the cap 24 is moved by unscrewing the same and the bottle inverted, whereupon the contents thereof may flow through the stem passing through the ports 17 into the annular chamber between the stem and the sleeve and finally escape through the ports 22. As will also be apparent in attempts to refill the bottle, the valve 18 will be forced against its seat and thus prevent the inward flow of any liquid, it being impossible, in View of the construction of the stem and sleeve, to maintain the valve in a position away from its seat in such attempts to rell the bottle.

- I claim as my invention- 1. A bottle stopper comprising a body member, a tubular stem extending both outwardly and inwardly therefrom, there being provided a series of ports in the outer end of the same, a valve seat adjacent the inner end of the stem, a valve within the stem, and a sleeve secured to the extremity of the outer end of the stem, being provided with discharge ports and forming an annular chamber between itself and the said outer end of the stem.

2. A bottle stopper Comprising a body member, adapted to be attached to the neck of a bottle, a tubular stem extending outwardly and inwardly from the body member, and having a plurality of ports in the outer end thereof, a valve seat adjacent the inner end of the stem, a valve therein, a gaskei; surrounding the said stem and bearing against the outer end of the body member, and a sleeve secured to the extremity oi the outer end of the stem and extending between the same and said gasket thereby providing an annular chamber between the said sleeve and the outer end of the stem, in the former of which adjacent the point of attachment to the stem, there are discharge ports.

3. A bottle stopper comprising a body member, adapted to be attached to the neck of a bottle, a tubular stem extending outwardly and inwardly from the body member, and having a plurality of ports in the outer end thereof, a valve seat adjacent the inner end of the stem, a valve therein, a gasket surrounding the said stem and bearing against the outer end of the body member, a sleeve secured to the extremity of the outer end of the stem and extending between the same and said gasket thereby providing an annular chamber between the said sleeve and the outer end of the stem, in the former of which adjacent the point of attachment to the stem, there are discharge ports, and a cap normally fitted over the said sleeve and removably secured to the exterior of the said body member.

Signed by me this 22nd day of July, 1915.

CYRUS ARNONE.

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